According to media reports, Pan Xin, the partner of SanDisk Technology who led the research and development of AI related technologies, has resigned. As a star technical talent with experience working in multiple technology giants, the addition of "technology expert" Pan Xin has brought a dazzling technological halo and transformation opportunity to Shanji Technology. However, since being exposed to join Shanji in November last year and quietly leaving now, Pan Xin's tenure at this startup company has been less than a year, transforming from a "technical center" to a "transitional figure".
In addition, several former and current employees of SanDisk Technology have revealed that prior to Pan Xin's departure, a group of middle and senior executives including SanDisk CTO Zhou Wancheng, SanDisk Brand Director, Human Resources Director, Sales Director, and Design Department Head, as well as almost all employees of the domestic market brand department, had already left after April this year; And another core executive, Wu Haoran, the CMO of Shanji, also officially resigned recently.
At the end of last year, Shanji Technology released its first AI glasses - Shanji AI "Paipai Mirror" A1 in a high profile, and announced that the first batch of "co creation version" with a price of 999 yuan was limited to 50000 sets. At 22:00 that night, it opened pre-sales in JD, Tmall, Tiktok and other channels, and the products will be shipped on January 15, 2025. It is worth mentioning that at the press conference, CEO Zhang Bo also boasted about "closing his eyes and completing the shipment of 500000 units at the beginning of the year, with annual sales exceeding 600 million yuan". But since then, more and more users have reported that they have not received the goods for a long time. Although Flash responded to public pressure by calling the incident a "system bug," multiple users have reported similar prompts before and have never received any update notifications within the system. Afterwards, many users shifted from "waiting" to complaints and refunds.
